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repartimiento

repartimiento noun: a partition or distribution, especially of slaves.

Noun

repartimiento (plural repartimientos)

  1. (historical) A partition or distribution, especially of slaves.
    • He could not withstand these sneers, but resigned his appointment, and remained in the island as a private individual; establishing himself in a village where he had a large repartimiento or allotment of Indians assigned to him by a grant from the king.1831, Washington Irving, Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus, John Murray, pages 283–284
  2. (historical) An assessment of taxes.

Forms of repartimiento

pluralrepartimientos

Origin of repartimiento

From Spanish repartir (“to divide”).

Questions about repartimiento

What does repartimiento mean?
Repartimiento means a partition or distribution, especially of slaves.
What part of speech is repartimiento?
Repartimiento is a noun.
What is the plural of repartimiento?
The plural of repartimiento is repartimientos.

Words near repartimiento in the dictionary

  1. reparteed
  2. reparteeing
  3. repartees
  4. repartied
  5. reparties
  6. repartimiento
  7. repartimientos
  8. reparting
  9. repartition
  10. repartitionable
  11. repartitioned

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